My Brother's Child.
Chapter 3: One Step Forward, One Step Back.
The plan had been set in motion and Leonardo already had an electronic key to the cells, however they hadn't returned Toby which meant the trio would have to find him first. They waited until lights out and opened the door to the cell and silently made their way along the corridor. Leonardo noticed that Kim was moving just as skillfully as he was and it looked like Blink was pretty good at keeping to the shadows as well. At the end of the corridor Leo crouched down and peered around the corner before allowing them to proceed towards the control room where they would find out where Toby was and also create a little diversion to keep the guards busy too. There was a guard outside the room smoking a cigarette and no doubt there was at least one more in the room itself, Leo made a gesture signaling for Blink to keep watch and for Kim to follow him. Blink watched on in awe as she watched her green friend advance on the guard like lightening and take him out before the man could even gasp. Kim followed him into the room and there was a muffled shout of surprise from the woman watching the monitors as Kim was seen in the the reflection in the screen, Kim mentally cursed her self and blocked as the woman threw a punch at her, then she simply punched her back with an attack that rendered the guard unconscious.
"Not bad," Leo said as he walked over to the computer and looked at the controls, then back at her mischievously, "for a girl."
"Hmpf, well excuse you," she replied jokingly then noticed the worried look on her new friend's face as he tapped a few keys, "what's wrong, you do know how to use a computer right?"
"Well yeah, but not one this advanced." Kimieko approached the console and looked at it, the keyboard was usual enough but the computer screen was asking for all sorts of passwords and numbers. Kim had an idea, turned on her heels and beckoned for Blink to join them.
"What is it?" she asked.
"We need a hacker and you're good with computers, right?" Kim said not really expecting an answer, in school Blink had been a wiz when it came to anything technical on the computers and she was able to use the Cerebro computer Professor Xavier built with ease, although she could only use the computer part of it not the psychic. Blink walked up to the console and started tapping away and brought up the file they needed, finding out that they needed to go down to the lower levels to get Toby. But just as they were about to leave something caught Blink's eye.
"Wait guys," she brought up the file and read the writing with it, "oh God." She whispered.
"What, What is it?!" Kim asked as she leaned in closer to get a better look. Leo could see just fine from where he stood but wished he couldn't.
"According to this file there's a lab out there that's experimenting in test tube babies."
"So?" Kim still wasn't getting it even though the name's she'd heard mentioned by Leonardo more than once were staring her straight in the face.
"Well it's not just any children, or parents for that matter," she scrolled down and brought up a file named N. Roberts/Raphael, "and according to this there's one human mutant/ turtle mutant hybrid that was born about two years ago, it says here that the parents were. . . "
"Taken hostage by Justin Powers and their names were Nicole and Raphael." Leo finished it off. "Those creeps almost killed my brother that time and later nearly killed Nicole." Blink brought up a picture of a very tiny baby in a scientists arms and then a file on what tests had been carried out. Leo couldn't believe it Raph a dad, there was no way, but here was the proof right in front of him. The child didn't have a shell but she did have two toes on each foot, three fingers on each hand and green skin, she had Nikki's hazel eyes though and a small tuft of red hair. If this was his niece then she would not be brought up in a lab, he would find her and take her home to her real parents.
"Wait a minute that file said Roberts. . . " Blink very nearly laughed at the obvious light switching on inside Kim's brain and Leonardo was brought back out of his trance, "They were taken at a party right?" Leo nodded, "Wow small world."
"Huh?" Leo gave her a strange look.
"I'll explain later." Kim smiled at him.
"Well anyway," Blink looked at the turtle, "you're brother has a daughter out there, the file says that she's being kept in a lab on mount Fuji Japan, which means we're going to have to go after her."
"We?"
"Yes Leo we, you're helping us escape, it's the least we can do." Blink smiled as she turned back to the computer and switched off all the security systems and all the cell locks, creating a diversion using the other cells mates who would no doubt make a break for it. All three of them found themselves hoping that some would escape too as they made their way down to the lower levels by the elevator.
It was easy enough to avoid the guards as they weren't expecting any prisoners to be in the basement levels of the building and the trio ran silently towards where the computer had said Toby was. They stopped outside as they heard voices and listened.
"You fool that boy could have lasted far longer than this but you had to push it didn't you." said an older man.
"We've been told to get results by any means necessary Evers." A younger man's voice replied.
"But the child had potential if the process had been slowed then we might have been able to control him." Kim's stomach was churning as the older man had shouted back, from the sounds of things there was a little boy in there whom they'd hurt greatly and she and her friends could only hope that it wasn't Toby. One of the occupants in the room started for the door and as he opened it a green fist knocked him out. It was the older man and the younger leapt for cover as the Ninja advance on him, Kim close on his heels. Blink rushed over to a crumpled form on a lab bed in the corner of the room and let out a small cry. It was Toby, his innocent face was crumpled in both fear and pain and he had burns around his head where it looked like something was on it and lesser ones around his wrists and ankles but they looked like those received from severe electrocution, if she remembered her science lessons well. She held back tears as she took a lab coat and covered the young boy with it and turned to the others.
"He's dead." She stated and burst into tears, Leonardo took her into his arms and tried to comfort her and she gratefully accepted his hold.
"No, he can't be," Kim cried, "we promised him we'd protect him! We . . . I . . . " She turned and punched the wall in anger and turned back to her friends, "lets go, we have to get out to save you're niece, I'm not going to let the same happen to another innocent!" Kim was just as upset as Blink but she was more controlled emotionally than Blink but just the same Leo decided he'd make sure she was okay once they were safely on the main land.
"Lets go," he said and looked up at the slightly taller Blink, "before they find us down here." They made their way back up to the upper levels and snuck out to the yard and the main gates which opened out onto the main road. Thankfully, it seemed all the commotion was coming from the other side of the facility and this area was unguarded. Leonardo lifted Blink into his arms, causing a small gasp to escape her lips in surprise and jumped onto the bonnet of a parked van next to the wall, then it's roof and then the top of the wall itself. He placed her down onto the wall and jumped down then held him arms out to catch her. Blink was extremely glad that it was dark because he would have seen her blushing furiously as she leapt down and a tiny squeal escaped her lips as she fell into the stronger mutants arms. Kimieko made her own way over the wall and they were soon heading off into the trees away from the shouts of their now former cell mates and guards and towards the main city of Genosha and the presidents building where they would find the device that would deactivate and remove the collars off their necks.
It took them half an hour to get to the outskirts of town and another fifteen to skirt the edge to find the building they were looking for. It was surrounded by armed guards and the only possible option Leonardo could see for getting in and out would be to use a vehicle for cover.
"You two stay here I'll go on inside and find what we need." Leo said and started to move off before either girl could answer.
"You think he knows what he's looking for?" Blink asked, her voice still a little shaky.
"I doubt it, look you stay here and I'll catch up with him," Kim got up and turned before she got out of sight, "I know what I'm looking for and I can kick but with the best of them, he's not the only one Ninja trained you know." She winked and raced off through the trees.
Leo waited for a suitable vehicle to pass by and jumped into the back of a military van and hid under some canvas sheets. Kimieko saw him enter the car but decided that there was no way she could wait for another one, so she skirted the perimeter and found a tree large enough and close enough to the fence that would allow her to simply jump over the barb wire twisted along the top and land easily on the grass on the other side. She would find Leo afterwards and then they could look for their prize.
Leonardo took out two guards and used a few well thrown pebbles to take out one or two cameras that might give him away, with any luck the guard watching the monitors wasn't paying too much attention. Leo yelped as a someone punched him to the ground and he chided himself for not being ready for an attack, a man who was about Casey's build aimed a rifle at him and prepared to fire but before he could a figure swiped his feet out form under him and then she knocked him out with her fist.
"What are you doing here?!" Leo said getting to his feet and brushing himself off, "Not that I'm ungrateful or anything but I thought I told you to stay back there with Blink?"
"You did, I didn't listen," Kim answered placing her hands on her hips and glaring at him, "besides, do you know what you're looking for?"
"Well. . ." he thought for a moment then looked a little angry at her for pointing out his obvious mistake, "No." He said defiantly, "But I'm sure I could have figured it out."
"Like you did with the computer?" Kim grinned when there was no response and spun round to head for the door, " are you coming or not?" She said looking over her shoulder as she did. Leo grumbled under his breath and followed Kimieko into the building.
"Where did you learn Ninja?" He whispered as they walked quickly along the corridor. A guard charged them and Kim performed a roundhouse kick which quickly rendered him unconscious.
"My mom was a master of the arts, and not just Ninjitsu, I just tend to find that's the form I find the most useful." Four more guards approached and it took them a good few minutes to take them out and avoid their gunfire. They found the presidents room reasonably easily and they went inside. "Now," Kim said looking all around the room as Leo made sure the door was locked, "if I were the president of Genosha, where would I hide a key?" She walked over to a painting and took it off the wall, "Bingo!" It was a safe with an electronic keypad keeping it locked, "Now all I have to do is crack the code." She walked back over to the computer to see what she could find on it to use as a clue to what the president would be likely to use as his password. Both Ninjas crouched into a fighting stance as a door to their right opened from the bookcase revealing a bathroom and a plump man walked out oblivious to the intrusion, "Ah, mister president." Kim smiled evilly as she approached him and he backed into the now closed door.
"Who are you, what are you doing in my. . . " he was cut off by Kim's foot in his throat, she didn't kick him she just used her much stronger legs to hold him there as it was unlikely she could hold him with her arms. Leo simply watched taking in the what she was doing and making sure he was prepared if anything should go wrong.
"Where are the keys to these restriction collars mister president?" he pointed over to the safe, "I thought so, now what's the code?"
"I wouldn't tell a bunch of freaks like you!" He spat, barely audible with the pressure on his throat. Kim spun around and kicked his face, breaking his nose and just as quickly replaced her foot back at his throat before he fell to the ground.
"I'm sorry what was that?" He sputtered something that neither could hear and she leant closer narrowing her eyes threateningly, "I can't hear you!" she sang.
"1959." The man croaked.
"Thank you." she spun around and this time kicked him unconscious.
"Was that necessary?" Leo asked crossing his arms and giving her a disapproving look.
"You want sweet and polite or do you want effective?" Leo laughed remembering when his brother Donnie had said a similar line when they first walked the surface world. Kim approached the safe once more and typed in the code, the safe opened and she grabbed the key when they heard people banging at the door.
"Sounds like we've got company," Leo walked over to the window, "It's too far to jump and there's no way we're going to get past the guards now without being seen." He looked at his companion who was using the key on her collar and then turned out the lights.
"Without this collar I can get us straight back to Blink without us being seen," Kim unlocked Leo's and grabbed his hand, "you trust me right?"
"Do I have a choice?"
"Umm, no," she said then smiled as she pulled him into a run straight into the wall. Just as he was about to yell out in surprise her body went straight through the shadow on it and he followed, there was a moment of darkness and then he stepped out through a tree and he saw Clarice to his right looking quite relieved to see them. "Now all we have to do is stow away on a boat and get to the main land." Kim said as she walked over to open Blink's collar.
"What then?" Blink asked coming over to join them.
"Then we find my niece," Leo answered for her, "that's if you two still want to help me."
"Or course we do!" Blink told him.
"My sister's in Southern France at the moment," Kim thought out loud, "if we can get hold of her then she'd be able to help us get to Japan."
"Then lets get down to the docks and get to the mainland before the guards find us!" Said Clarice looking round her shoulder towards the president's dwelling. Her two companions nodded and they continued to skirt the city until they came to the docks. They found a cargo ship that was relatively simple to sneak on and they settled down for the ride.
Well there ya go folks chapter three, any of you who've read 'The Cat' should see a connection between my character Nicole and Kimieko those of you who haven't don't panic I will explain it briefly later on. Oh and as for the other turtles, I'll do a chappy including their reactions to the brother's sudden disappearance soon, but I want to work it into the story in a certain way, so be patient and I'm glad you're enjoying it. Thank you so much for all the great reviews and please keep reviewing! Toodles, Angel.